01 n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
pl.
Cresses ((krĕs"ĕz))
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A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.(Bot.)“To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.” — Goldsmith.
Phrases & compounds
Bitter cress —
See under Bitter.
Not worth a cress —
a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless “not worth a curse.”